Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
गालव उवाच । अमृतं जलमित्याहुश्चातुर्मास्ये तदिच्छया । लीलया विधृतं देवैः पिबंति द्रुमदेवताः
gālava uvāca | amṛtaṃ jalamityāhuścāturmāsye tadicchayā | līlayā vidhṛtaṃ devaiḥ pibaṃti drumadevatāḥ
Gālava berkata: “Dalam Cāturmāsya, air disebut sebagai ‘amṛta’ (nektar) menurut kehendak mereka. Dipelihara secara lila oleh para dewa, para dewa yang bersemayam pada pepohon turut meminumnya.”
Gālava
Tirtha: Paija-vana (tree-deity locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śūdra questioner
Scene: Sage Gālava explains while devotees pour water at the roots of trees; within the trunks, faint divine forms receive the offering; water is depicted as luminous, like nectar, especially under monsoon clouds.
FAQs
During sacred seasons, ordinary elements like water are to be treated as divine gifts, sustaining life and worship—linking ecology with dharma.
The teaching is within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya’s Cāturmāsya section, but the verse itself emphasizes the sanctity of water rather than a named tirtha.
Implicitly: offer and provide water (as amṛta) to trees/tree-deities during Cāturmāsya.